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GW for Kids

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Stuart Hamm23 Mar 2010, 17:32as archived

GW for Kids

I'll start a new thread .....speaking if reading to kids I wanted to introduce my kid to the...challenges...of reading GW...hidden clues, multiple themes etc... We spent some time in Italy and she did an "Xmas around the World" report on Italy, including La Befana, so I read her that one...subtle clues as to taking place on an alien world..cool...the Christian message was a bit lost on us, not being Catholic, but led to some interesting discussions. "The War Beneath the Tree" was fun...my wife came up with TOTALLY different interpretation...wow... Thoughts??? Suggestions???? ???????? ? ? ?Mobile — (415) 786-3624 STUHAMM.COM FACEBOOK/STUARTHAMM myspace.com/stuhamm Skype? stuart.hamm ? ??

James Wynn23 Mar 2010, 18:07as archived

↳ in reply to Stuart Hamm

The conversation between the boy and the monkey in The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun is bound to be appealing to children. Also the reaction of the other sailors to the monkey. Also, a nice introduction to Egyptophilism.

brunians at brunians.org23 Mar 2010, 18:09as archived

↳ in reply to James Wynn

The War Beneath The Tree is just made for kids. .

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Fernando Gouvea23 Mar 2010, 18:15as archived

↳ in reply to Stuart Hamm

Now I'm curious about your wife's interpretation... I didn't try Wolfe with my kids until they were teenagers. I did once try The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories with a group of college students. They have here something called a "residence hall reading seminar" that's light and ungraded, and I was persuaded to run one of those. After a couple of weeks one of the students came up to me and said "You do realize that most of the books assigned in these seminars are much easier than this one, right?" :-( Fernando

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I'll start a new thread .....speaking if reading to kids I wanted to introduce my kid to the...challenges...of reading GW...hidden clues, multiple themes etc... We spent some time in Italy and she did an "Xmas around the World" report on Italy, including La Befana, so I read her that one...subtle clues as to taking place on an alien world..cool...the Christian message was a bit lost on us, not being Catholic, but led to some interesting discussions. "The War Beneath the Tree" was fun...my wife came up with TOTALLY different interpretation...wow... Thoughts??? Suggestions???? Mobile (415) 786-3624 STUHAMM.COM FACEBOOK/STUARTHAMM myspace.com/stuhamm Skype stuart.hamm _______________________________________________

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